is your ihas burner dead already? heres how to replace the laser:

i had already removed the laser before i took all these pictures. so when you see the drive, just imagine theres a laser there.

remove 4 screws from the bottom:



manually eject tray by pushing on the slide piece:



pop both side clips for the front bezel:



bezel is still attached on top so you need to pry it off by pushing with your screwdriver:



remove ribbon cable from laser, remove pcb from housing, remove worm motor cable from pcb:



remove this screw and then push the guide rail forward and out of the drive. this will also remove your laser in the process:



drive with laser removed and guide piece for laser also removed:



installation is reverse of removal.

Do you have a source for the replacement lasers?

http://gsoconsolesource.com/index.php?main...p;products_id=3

That's what i was afraid of, Cost for laser is $13.99 plus shipping. I bought these drives complete for $18 each locally.

free shipping. and plus you cant get b drives anymore.
plus theres a 10% off coupon for the first order.

wait.....you mean to tell me people already got dead lasers in their burners?...goddamn!...that sucks man

people have been complaining their burners were or already have crapped out for a few months now.

2 of my last 3 xgd3 games failed I just ordered a new laser, I am hoping it was just a few bad discs because they were as the bottom of the spindle